Rabbi
Marc D. Angel
Rabbi Angel speaking
Personal
BornJuly 1945
Seattle, Washington
ReligionJudaism
NationalityAmerican
DenominationModern Orthodox Judaism (Open Orthodoxy)
Alma mater
OccupationRabbi and author
SynagogueCongregation Shearith Israel
SemikhahRIETS

Marc D. Angel (born July 1945) is a Modern Orthodox rabbi and author, Rabbi emeritus of Congregation Shearith Israel, the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue in New York City, a position he has held since 1969.[1][2]

Biography

Born into Seattle's Sephardic Jewish community, his ancestors are Ottoman Sephardim from Turkey and Rhodes, and he grew up in a Ladino-speaking home.[1]

He received his B.A., M.S., Ph.D., Th.D. honoris causa, and semikhah (rabbinical ordination) from Yeshiva University; he also has an M.A. in English literature from the City College of New York. He has received the Bernard Revel Award in Religion and Religious Education.[3] He was president of the Rabbinical Council of America (RCA),[4] and a member of the editorial board of its journal, Tradition.

In 2007, he established the Institute for Jewish Ideas and Ideals.[citation needed] He directs the Institute and edits its journal, Conversations, which appears three times per year and is a voice of Open Orthodoxy. In 2007, he and Rabbi Avi Weiss co-founded the International Rabbinic Fellowship,[5] the Open Orthodox rabbinic group, "to counter what they see as a rightward shift in the Orthodox community"[5] and reduce centralization of rabbinate authority, though they remained RCA members.

A prolific author, he has written several controversial books and articles that have taken issue with and challenged traditional Orthodox views and the Rabbinate.

Works

Awards

Family

In a 2009 interview he stated that he and his wife Gilda Angel[6] "have three children and six grandchildren."[1]

Institute for Jewish Ideas and Ideals

In October 2007, Angel founded the Institute for Jewish Ideas and Ideals is a New York-based non-profit organization committed to advancing a culturally diverse and intellectually rational Jewish Orthodoxy. The Institute disseminates its particular vision through the publication of articles, and books as well as the hosting and promotion of lectures.[8] Hayyim Angel, Angels's son, is National Scholar of the institute.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "A Strong Voice of the Sephardic Community". turkofamerica.com. 6 May 2017 [6 October 2009]. Archived from the original on 22 June 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  2. ^ "Marc D. Angel (Congregation Shearith Israel)".
  3. ^ https://www.atlantajewishtimes.com/centennial-celebration-angel/
  4. ^ "Sex tapes rock the Orthodox". The Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved July 23, 2019.
  5. ^ a b Rosenblatt, Gary (2 May 2008). "Taking On The RCA?". The New York Jewish Week. Retrieved July 23, 2019.
  6. ^ a b Marc Angel (2005). Choosing to be Jewish: the Orthodox Road to Conversion. ISBN 978-0881-25890-5. I thank my wife , Gilda , and our son , Rabbi Hayyim Angel
  7. ^ "Past Winners". Jewish Book Council. Retrieved 2020-01-23.
  8. ^ Lagnado, Caroline (3 March 2015). "For Jews, an odyssey out of the frying pan and into America's melting pot". The Times of Israel. Archived from the original on 6 March 2015. Retrieved 12 November 2020.

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